Uterine supporter.



No. 897,050. 'PATBNTBD AUG. 25, 19`o8'. G. BECK. UTBRINE SUPPQRTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1907.

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GOTTHOLD BECK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

UTERINE SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GOTTHOLD BECK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Uterine Supporters,of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide means for introducing thedevice in the vagina in an expeditious and painless manner, which meanscan be conveniently manipulated by the patient; and also to providemeans for preventing loss of the device should it possibly slip from thevagina, which latter means are also employed for removing the devicewhen so desired.

A further purpose of the invention is to construct the device that allparts thereof may be readily changed and rendered antiseptic.

The invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter particularly set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection through the same 3 Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the ringbody, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the end of the handle that enters thering body.

The body A of the device is in the form of a deep ring and its inner andouter walls 10 and 11 are of like formation, being carried from thebottom upward in direction of the center, whereby the outer or frontportion of said body is of lesser diameter than its inner or bottomportion, as is shown in Fig. 2.

The body A is made of hard rubber iinished smooth, its front edge isrounded and the front opening 12 is circular. The opening 13 in thebottom of the body is oval as is shown in Fig. 3, the material 14 aroundsaid opening 13 being depressed, and the bottom edge 15 of said body isrounded oif to meet the said. depressed wall 14 as is also illustratedin Fig. 3.

An apertured button 16, having a concaved under face, normally restsupon the bottom wall of the body chamber 17, and a sponge 18 or likesoft absorbent material is forced into the body chamber 17 through itsfront opening 12 and sufficient of the sponge projects from the saidchamber to form a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application :filed July 16, 1907'.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Serial No. 384,042.

cushion and to cover the front edge of the body.

A cord or tape 19 is secured to the depressed bottom wall 14 at eachside of the oval opening 13, and each cord or tape carries a fabric tab20 and each tab is provided with a safety pin 21. The pins 21 areattached to the corset of the patient when the device is in place, thuspreventing the device being lost should it accidentally be dislodged.

\ The cords 19 also serve as means for withdrawing the device from thevagina.

A handle B is provided for the body A, for the purpose of placing it inposition, enabling such operation to be readily performed by the patientand said handle is also made of hard rubber. The handle is an importantfeature of the invention and consists of a sleeve 22 of suitable length,mainly circular in cross section as is shown in Fig. 1, but its outerend 23 is enlarged and is rendered oval in cross section, being of suchsize that it can readily enter the oval opening 13 in the bottom of thebody A, but the extent to which said end may be introduced into the bodyis limited by producing shoulders on the handle at said end 23, whichshoulders 24 engage with the wall of said opening 13 as is shown in Fig.2.

A spindle 25 is passed through the sleeve 22, and at the forward end ofsaid spindle an oval button 26 is integrally formed, while at the rearend of the spindle, a knob 27 is screwed or is otherwise removablyconnected with the spindle. A circumferential slot 28 is made in thesleeve 22 at its rear end, and a pin 29 attached to the spindle 25, ispassed out through said slot, which latter is of sufficient length topermit the spindle being given only a quarter turn. All parts of thehandle are made of hard rubber, since no screws, nails or metal partsare employed. The button 26 is made small enough to pass through theopening 13 in the body when the button is in registry with the end 23 ofthe sleeve 22. Then the handle is properly fitted to the body, as isshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the button will have entered the chamber 17 ofthe body A, and by turning the knob 27 in one direction, the button willbe brought crosswise the opening 13 in engagement with the inner face ofthe bottom wall 14 of said body, and as the button 26 of the handle isthus turned, the button 16 in the chamber 17 is forced outward. In thismanner, the handle is secured to the body enabling the latter to bespondingly shaped opening in the bottom of readily introduced into thevagina by an attendant or by the patient. After the body A is in lace,the spindle 25 is turned in a reverse irection which will bringl thebutton 26 of the handle in registry with the opening 13 in the body,enabling the handle to be removed from engagement with the body.

In operation, the sponge 18 is moistened with water or a medicatedcompound before being inserted in the chamber 17 of the body A, thehandle is attached to the body and the latter is pressed up the vaginauntil the patient feels pressure on the womb, then the handle'is removedand the cords 19 are attached to a convenient portion of the patientsclothing.

When the device is to be removed, it is simply necessary to drawdownward upon the cords. Should the womb be very tender, the sponge maybe covered with a padding of any soft material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A removable handle for a uterine supporter, comprising a tubular bodyhaving one end adapted to engage the bottom of the supporter at anopening therein, and a handled spindle mounted to turn in the body and.provided. at one end with a button adapted to enter the openingvof thesupporter and to engage the inner face of the bottom of said supporterto lock the handle thereto.

2. A removable handle for a uterine supporter, com rising a tubular bodyhaving an oval shape( end adapted to enter a correthe supporter, and aspindle mounted to turn in the said body, said s indle being provided atone end with a hand e and at its other end with an oval shaped buttonadapted to enter the opening of the supporter and to engage the innerface of the bottom of said supporter to lock the handle thereto.

3. A removable handle for a uterine supporter, comprising a tubular bodyhaving one end adapted to engage the bottom of the supporter at anopening therein, a spindle mounted to turn in the body and having ahandle at one end and a button at the other end, said button beingladapted to engage the opening of thesupporter and to engage the innerface of the bottom of the said supporter to lock the handle thereto, andmeans/for limiting the movement of s'aid spindle.

4. A removable handle for a uterine supporter, comprising a sleevehavingan oval shaped end adapted to enter a correspondingly shapedopening in the bottom of the supporter and provided at its other endwith a circumferential slot, and a spindle mounted to turn in the sleeveand projecting beyond the ends of the same, said spindle being prohvided at one end with a handle and a pin working in the slot of thesleeve and at its other end with an oval shaped button adaptv

